Cricket Thread

[kilabee]

I'm hoping this has nothing to do with Brendan not being retained by his IPL team and his lack of recent form in the shorter forms of the game (ie. desperate to play to keep his profile). It my have just been a procedure oversight but it does look like he just had a cry to Justin Vaughn and then he overruled the 'Independent selectors'. I will be wild if he plays and then fucks his back for the tests.

[SteddieEddie]

I'm hoping this has nothing to do with Brendan not being retained by his IPL team and his lack of recent form in the shorter forms of the game (ie. desperate to play to keep his profile).

This was my first thought too, hope we are wrong.

I would be pissed if I was the coach and had someone go cry to the big boss. Hopefully John will not pick him

[kilabee]

Good afternoon of cricket so far.Black caps finally win and Aussies rolled for a meager 98. Ponting failed again and I would say will need a big score in the second innings to retain the captaincy.
Looks to be a bit left in the pitch so it will be interesting to watch the Poms reply.

[toofast]

black caps game was good. ended up going, and the sun just came out for a great day of cricket. good to see guptill come back to form. I remember last time i went to the cricket was when guptil scored 100 on debut, so i guess i'm his lucky charm also quite amazing how much pace akhter can still generate.

i don't even get ashes anymore. australia batsmen played pretty terrible. and thats coming from someone who just watched the pak-nz game, so knows a thing or two about bad cricket. england should take this, and take the series.

[Spork]

Oh man, what the fuck Australia? Seriously?

Bye bye Ricky, close the door on the way out.

[kilabee]

England in front with 10 wickets still in hand. Was funny hearing Ian Healy saying at the end of Aussies innings "Well England still have to bat and then we will see how competitive this total is".Guess we know.
This is going to be a deep hole to dig out of.

[Scunner]

Well ... oh fuck it, even a draw looks a long way off. Willing To Buy a consistent top order. I wonder how much the poms are going for?

[kilabee]

Huge lead as predicted. It was made all the better for the Poms with Ponting completely losing it to the umpires over a Pieterson non-dismissal.Pressure is really getting to him it seems.I was laughing my arse off at him and Siddle waving their fingers in the umpires face. What did he think he was going to change the decision?. He will be embarrassed when he sees he was completely in the wrong. Putting the final nails in his own coffin I think.

[Spork]

If Ponting even exists in the team after this test I will never watch another game of Australian cricket.

No matter the result (although by now the result is already decided), there is nothing that can save him now.

[mattnz]

You should chill out.

As long as everyone's having fun.

[kilabee]

The Poms are having fun.Aussies are not.

Just read that after viewing the footage again Ponting still thinks Pieterson was out.Pull out the straight jacket. He has lost his mind.

[Speakman]

he's goneburger

[Spork]

You should chill out.

As long as everyone's having fun.

I could name a few who are for some reason.. Not having fun.

[kilabee]

he's goneburger

Sydney will be his last test I would say.He holds the record for test runs there so it would be a fitting place for a send off. I hope he gets a pair
It will be interesting if the selectors take him to the world cup though.They may opt for a complete clean slate and start to really rebuild.

Two on the trott for the John Wrights

[R3DM@N]

80 all out, gg blackcaps

[Spork]

^^ Ah, thanks kiwis, in times of despair, the Blackcaps will make me smile.

Hey, perhaps we can sell you Ponting on teh cheap? Hes a pretty good guy, often scores more than two runs!

[kilabee]

We won the series though....................



Seriously. What a fucking disgrace.I was just praying we past Indias T20 lowest score of 74.
 

[camy205]

HA!

[SteddieEddie]

Go England!!

In a very strong position now to not lose this test and win the series.

Another outstanding knock from Cook.

OMG I have enjoyed this battle, now to watch the slack craps against the cheats :cry:

[kilabee]

Good viewing alright. The writing is on the wall for the Aussies again but they still have a fighting chance if they are up to it with the bat.

Tubby Taylor is the biggest cry baby over the 3rd umpire system. Just suck it up you fat fuck.So sick of his whining.

[Zarkov]

Good viewing alright. The writing is on the wall for the Aussies again but they still have a fighting chance if they are up to it with the bat.

Tubby Taylor is the biggest cry baby over the 3rd umpire system. Just suck it up you fat fuck.So sick of his whining.

Too right, even his fellow synchophants couldn't understand what he was on about.

On the plus side, I saw the Hoff there yesterday.

[kilabee]

On the plus side, I saw the Hoff there yesterday.

LOL so did I.His forward defense needs work.

[Scunner]

Tubby Taylor is the biggest cry baby over the 3rd umpire system. Just suck it up you fat fuck.So sick of his whining.

You know what, there's a bit of a point to his whining. If the umpires have reviewed 2 wickets in 2 tests because they haven't called a No Ball correctly, how many usual balls are No Balls which they aren't calling correctly, but don't review because they aren't wickets? Are there many that are close that need a review like the wicket balls? And if so, why are they not being review as well? And should we review those ones too?

And what about that edge Bell got, but was sent to review. There was a significant noise when the ball past the bat and the only two things that were close enough to make any noise was the ball and the bat, but he was given not out because Hot Spot didn't show a white spot. The umpire was confident enough to give it out pretty quickly, but because the replays didn't show a white spot he reversed his decision? If it was a LBW call it should have remained the umpires call.

[Zarkov]

Spinners often bowl with a raised heel and it's damn hard pick if it's behind the line, so it's good to see them getting pulled back.

[if they didn't bowl a ton of no-balls in practice, they wouldn't have a problem]


On Bell, how many noises are shown to be something else on replay?

Dar gave him the benefit of the doubt is all.

If it had been a Aussie batsman, they'd have had no problem with it.

[kilabee]

Tubby Taylor is the biggest cry baby over the 3rd umpire system. Just suck it up you fat fuck.So sick of his whining.

And what about that edge Bell got, but was sent to review. There was a significant noise when the ball past the bat and the only two things that were close enough to make any noise was the ball and the bat, but he was given not out because Hot Spot didn't show a white spot. The umpire was confident enough to give it out pretty quickly, but because the replays didn't show a white spot he reversed his decision? If it was a LBW call it should have remained the umpires call.

The umpire was at fault there.The decision was referred back to him the same as with an inconclusive Lbw.He just didn't have the nuts to back his original call.A combo with hot spot and snicko would have been good in that situation.
Glad of the tech when the close fielder claimed a bat/pad when Cook was on 99.Before the series Ponting asked Struass if he would like to can the referral system and rely on players honesty for catches.I can see why Struass didn't think it was a good idea.
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